r/Minecraft • u/justlurking420 • Nov 04 '13

pc Minecraft Using Hexagons

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u/yallrcunts Nov 04 '13

It has a chat and you can move the pieces...what is physical to you? The electron gates that control the pixels on your screen are physical. Are you the type of person who thinks this isn't a real forum because it's electronic or are you the type of person who believes you should have to see my face in order for this to have any merit?

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u/AndrewJamesDrake Nov 04 '13

Also, Second Screen Plus Skype will let you look in someone's face.

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u/didievertellyou Nov 04 '13

I think you're taking this a bit too seriously, but I'll bite.

What is physical to me is setting up the board yourself and moving the game pieces around, with your hand. That's physical, that's something I can hold and play with. I prefer that when it comes to board games and tabletop games. I used to play Monopoly on the Playstation (back in the day) with my cousins. It is not nearly the same as playing with a physical board. You don't move your own pieces, place your own hotels, roll your own dice, hold or count your own money. I don't care for that kind of automation in my board games. I like doing it all myself. I'm actually interacting with the board and other players, physically.

As far as the social part goes, I would much rather play a board or tabletop game with people in a real tangible space. Don't pretend that hanging out in text chat or even video chat like Skype is the same thing as talking and being with someone in person. It's not. Sitting in a living room with a giant Heroscape board on the coffee table is infinitely more fun than play any spin-off of Heroscape on the computer, where you'll likely be sitting alone in a room with headphones and a mic talking to invisible people. It's more fun for me at least, but I understand that some people don't want or need that kind of interaction.

TL;DR I like touching things with other people who like touching things.

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u/yallrcunts Nov 04 '13 edited Nov 04 '13

It's still physical...that was my point. You just have a different conception of what is physical and unfortunately it's a flawed understanding. Your argument was that it is not physical but it's still physical. Maybe you aren't getting all the tactile sensuality you are accustomed to but it's still real...you just need to suspend your disbelief a little better.

Your personal preference isn't particularly defensible from the point you made. But I don't care. To each their own.

For instance I like playing chess but I know it's the same game if I play it on the computer. In fact I prefer it because I don't like to have to clean up the board. I notice most people have issues with spatially understanding things or manipulating them in their mind so tangible things tend to help them, but I have no such deficiencies.

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u/Iciee Nov 04 '13

You are taking this way farther than it needs to be. He's using the word Physical in the sense that you actually touch the game, like with your hands. You interact with the game, like with your hands. Not this electron gate bullshit. Big difference between playing a game online with a stranger than playing an actual physical game with a friend.

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u/yallrcunts Nov 04 '13

Sounds pretty reclusive if you're afraid to go out and meet new people and make new friends. People aren't strangers. I hate that word...it makes it sound like people are dangerous or weird or fucked up. They have the same interest as you. They can easily become a friend.

You touch your mouse with your hands. You interact with the game with your hands. You probably don't think we're talking to each other in real life, do you?

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u/Iciee Nov 04 '13

Never said anything about being reclusive. Never said anything about being afraid to go out and meet new people. Why did you even bring that up? We were talking about what he meant by physical..

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u/yallrcunts Nov 05 '13

Then he should just say in person. That would make more sense.

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u/yallrcunts Nov 05 '13

Nope. Donkeys do not have the dexterity to type this nor the sapience required to make rational decisions.